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VI CONTENTS 



CHAPTER XXIV 



ORDER OF BIRDS OF PREY RAPTORES 34 



Barn Owl Family 34 



Horned-Owl Family 39 



Hawks and Eagles 53 



Vulture Family 74 



CHAPTER XXV 

 ORDER OF PIGEONS AND DOVES . . . COLUMBAE 84 



CHAPTER XXVI 



ORDER OF UPLAND GAME BIRDS . . . GALLINAE 96 



Grouse Family 98 



Pheasant Family 124 



CHAPTER XXVII 

 ORDER OF SHORE BIRDS LIMICOLAE 127 



CHAPTER XXVIII 



ORDER OF CRANES, RAILS, AND COOTS 



PALUDICOLAE 138 



Crane Family 138 



Family of Rails . 143 



